When we did it, it was the I600a, and it was the worst part of the process for us — both times. I understand the procedures have changed a great deal, so I’d like to open up the comments today for people to talk about what it took (or is taking) for them to get [...]

Enough agencies are saying the cut-off is the 15th that I think it’s probably the cut-off. I’m putting it at an R4. It’s not an R5 because I’m told there is still one European agency telling their 8/18 people they are in this time. Several agencies are saying referrals have been mailed. I’m thinking that [...]

Back in 2008 I posted this post, where the example showed that a family who originally filed an I-600a in February of 2007 would be grandfathered until February or March of 2013 as long as they kept filing and extending before things expired. Basically, the rules at the time said you pay to file, then [...]

The International Adoption Simplification Act has been signed!!! http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/signed-legislation If you missed the discussion about this two weeks ago and have no idea what this is, you can go here for a summary of what it does.

The International Adoption Simplification Act basically fixes a few things that Hague compliance complicated. Summary from: http://www.gop.gov/bill/111/2/s1376 Under current law, U.S. citizens can generally adopt children from foreign countries and have those children considered as being immediate relatives for immigration purposes if the children are adopted while under the age of sixteen.  However, adoptions are [...]

You can see all of the changes at the USCIS site, but the fees most relevant to us are: I-600/600A and I-800/800A    Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition, was $670, will be $720 Biometrics (Fingerprinting) was $80, will be $85 On another note, I’m watching FoxNews live from work on streamick.com. I am so [...]